US173113A - Improvement in type-case stands - Google Patents

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UNITED STA'rEs PATENT OFFICEe l ALEXANDER T. DE PUY, or New Yemen. Y.,V-Ass1eNoR r ro R. nonl a co., or'Y SAME PLACE. Y f

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Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 173, [13, dated February 8, .1876 ;v application ,filed l November 3, 12475.

To all whom it 'may concern: Beit known that I, ALEXANDER T. DE PUY,

l of the city,lv county, and State of New York,

have invented an Improvement in Type-Case Stands, of which the following is a specifica# tion:

In thedrawings which form a partof this l speoica'tion, and wherein like letters indicate like parts- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a typecase stand embodying my inventionl 'FigsJZ to 7, inclusive, show details of various .parts thereof. Fig. 8 isa perspective view of a modi-v A' iication; and Figs. 9 to 12 are details of said modication. v

The object of my invention .is to improve l the construction of type-case stands made of metal 5 and it consists in details too full-y hereinafter described to need preliminary explaination.

The posts or uprights 1, preferably formed of iron piping, are secured* together by transfverse rods 2', transverse bars 3, and longitudinal bars'ft. The rods 2 are reduced in lsizeat a short distance from each end, so asto enter holes in and 'pass through the l,posts 1, the

i shoulders 16 thus formed bearing against the inner surfaces ofthe said posts l. The'ends 5 of these rods 2'aiso pass through the loingij-V tudinal bars 4, -whichare perforatedfto receive -them,'and are tapped with screw-threads to receive thehuts 6, .which securely hold the said posts together. The bars 3 are connected to said posts l by ,bolts or screws, may be preferred. The-longitudinal barsdfare seated in slots 7, in the heads 8, where they may bef riveted or soldered-,which heads are stemmed so' vas to enter and bel securely heldintheopeu upper ends of the hollow posts 1. The upper lc'mgitudinal bars 4 are thus capableof being` raised, by a vertical movement, from out their.`

sockets in the posts, and may thus be removed from the frame-work. A.

The lower ends l.of the heads 8 may be hollow, so as to form sockets or caps tting over the ends of the posts 1, or stems extending from them.

, The front andV rear upper bars 4 are com nectedtogether bythe case-supports9, which 'are provided vwith hooked ends 10, made to lapV .over the bars et or to rest in recesses in the upper edges of said'bars. v y These case-supportsgare thus capableof being removedvat will'from lthe stand. They are, moreover, provided Withseats 1:5,.formed by bending angles in them, which seatssupport the'type-oases rested upon them in a manner well understood.

A supplemental .case-supporting frame is, constructed by uniting transverse bars lfttoV I position.

In the modification, Fig. 8, the postsA or .up`

rights 31' are ,made ot' angl'eiron, and are secured together atlt'heir lower ends by longitudinal rods, which are made yinsections 17 I `and-18. Thesections 17 have their ends re y,

.duced in diameter, soas `to pass Ythroughopenings inthe flanges 19 of the posts34`,.against 4which their shoulders 22`V abut.'v They are screw-threaded and arefasteued'in place by fnuts 20,.or enterfscrew-sockets inthe .inner ',endspot" the sectionsl 1S. The outer endsfof the sections 18 pass .through theflanges 19,

4and aresecured by.nu.ts2l. ".Tl'lerodsfasteny ing the` posts togetherat their upper ends may beoonstru'oted in the samefmanner. They are,

. however, preferably: formedv of pipe Acut ,into .,-s'ections.23,'24,faud;25, the endsof which bear 'against vthe iianges v19-` of the posts 34, and .through which sections of pipe, and the perforated flanges 19, rods 26 are passed, their screw-threaded ends receiving nuts 27, which bear against the outer faces ofthe flanges ot' the end posts. t

The case-supports 28 in this instancev are made of angle-iron, whose flange is turned up l'at suitable points to form lugs 29, which act v as seats for the upper and lower cases of type. The ends of these supports 28 are perforated to receive the rods 26, by which they are the pipe, as will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 10. f

The case-supports 28 may be made to slide upon the pipe-sections 23 24, which will then be united as one section. This adjustment is desirable, since it provides a means for supporting short cases, such as those used for job-fonts.

The transverse bars 30 may be heldin place by the longitudinal rods 17 1-8, or be riveted or bolted directly to the posts 1, as are the transverse bars 3l. The ribs 11 are iron castings, having ledges 12 projecting at right an- Vgles from their sides, and enlarged ends 32, 'which are perforated with eyes of a diameter i sufficient to receive the cylindrical post 1, p uponwhich they are strung, so as to rest upon each other in a vertical pile. The lowerfmost ribs are supported by their outer ends 'rods 2 and the ribs 11. The parts are thus reduced to a form -which permits them to be packed in a small compass, whereby they may be conveniently shipped or stored, since each clamped between sections 23, 24, and l25 of of the pairs of posts 1, and the parts they sup- Y port, may be packed closely together, while the detached parts are of'such shape as to pack snugly with them, and form a compact mass requiring but little room.

The modification, Fig. 8, may be similarly the longitudinal rods, which releases the parts in like manner as described with reference to Fig. 1.

4-W hat I claim is- 1. In combination with the posts or uprights,

the ribs constituting the rack of a type-case y stand, constructed so as to be held in position by embracing the said posts or uprights, substantially as shown and described.

2. The casesupporting ribs, cast with rightangular projections 12, and provided with eyes or mortices in their ends, by which they may be strung, and supported upon the posts rest-ing upon the lower bars 4, 'and tbe rest of or uprghts, substantially as shown and dethe ribs are seated in like manner upon each other. An equal number of these ribs are placed upon the center and one set of the L outer posts so as to face each other, and togetlier form racks for the reception of the type-cases when not in use for composing matter. These ribs, though they will by their gravity usually remain in proper position,

are preferably held in place by the cross-bars '3, but screws or bolts, uniting the'upper ones Y to the posts, will secure them rmly.

In the modification, Fig. 8, `the ribs 33 are made of angle-iron, and are recessed at their ends, so as to embrace the flanges 19 of the angle-iron posts 34, as in Fig. 12. They are in other respects constructed and operate like the ribs 11. n The said ribs 11 or 33, which are supported upon the central posts may be provided with ledges 12, extending in opposite directions, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 6,' which means the said ribs are adaptedto supscribed.

3. The upperlongitudinal rails 4and stemmed heads 8,1m combinationwith the hollow posts 1, substantially as shown and described.

4. The supplemental case-,supporting frame, constructed of longitudinal bars 13 of angleiron and transverse bars 14substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of the removable longitudinal bars 4, posts 1, transverse bars 3, and screw'rods 2, substantially as shown 1,and described. f

6. The case-supports'28, constructed of angle-iron, and provided with eyes Vfor receiving the supporting-rods 26, substantially as shown and described. f e 4 f 7. The `case-supports 28, constructed of angle-iron, and provided with the case-rests 29, substantially as shown and described.

8. In combination with the longitudinal supportingbars, the sliding case -support 28',

porta set of cases on either or both sides of substantiallyV as shown and described.

the central posts.

'lhe several parts composing this stand may f be readily disconnected, to permit them to be packed for shipment. v,This is accomplished bylremoving the vsupplemental frame 13 14 f and the case-supports 9.

The bupper longitudinal bars 4 are then lifted from their sockets, and the lower longitudinal bars 4 are dej tached by unscrewing the nuts 6. This leaves the companion post 1 joined together bythe 9. In combination with the angle-iron posts 34, the sectional rods or pipes, substantially as shown and described'.

disposed in Vcompact form, by disconnecting A In testimony whereof I have signed my

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